论英国法上的地役权时效取得——兼谈香港法地役权时效取得

The Prescription of Easement in English Law and in Hong Kong Law

英国法上的地役权时效取得制度,经由普通法、衡平法、制定法三方面的努力,已形成普通法与衡平法地役权时效取得互补,制定法完善普通法与衡平法的局面。我国香港地区的相关制度,原本与英国法一脉相承,回归之后,制定法丧失其合法存在的基础,但是普通法与衡平法中的时效取得规则,仍然适用于地役权的时效取得。

English institution of prescription of easement has formed a framework that the rules of prescription in common law complemented with equity law, and the correlation rules of statute perfected common law and equitylaw. Hong Kong law can be traced to the same origin of English law. After the return of Hong Kong, the statute of English concerned has lost its legitimacy, but the rules of prescription of easement from common law and equity laware still applicable.